Disney bring another theme park ride to the big screen in Haunted Mansion which has been given a 12A age rating for moderate horror

The movie stars LaKeith Stanfield who has previously starred in Dope and Get Out, it also stars Owen Wilson who among many things has starred in Hall Pass and Anaconda.

The movie is directed by Justin Simien who is on his third directorial outing having previously directed Dear White People and Justin Simien.

Movie Synopsis

A single mom named Gabbie hires a tour guide, a psychic, a priest, and a historian to help exorcise their newly bought mansion; after discovering it is inhabited by ghosts.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Haunted mansion
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: moderate horror
• Release date: 11th August 2023
• Runtime: 123 minutes (2 hours 3 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Justin Simien
• Starring:
  • LaKeith Stanfield
  • Owen Wilson
  • Rosario Dawson

BBFC movie page

Last weekend saw Sing 2 at the top of the UK box office, with 5 new releases can any of them do enough to top the box office chart this weekend?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Uncharted
• The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
• Marry Me
• Death On the Nile

Uncharted

• The movie is directed by Ruben Fleischer, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Ruben Fleischer also directed Venom in 2018 which grossed £20.1 Mil. in the UK and grossed $856.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Tom Holland who also starred in Edge of Winter (2016).
• The film also stars Mark Wahlberg who last appeared in Infinite (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box Office Prediction: Number 1

The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert

• The movie is directed by Peter Jackson, it is the directors 15th movie.
• Peter Jackson also directed They Shall Not Grow Old in 2018 which grossed £1.5 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars John Lennon who also starred in The Beatles: Yellow Submarine (1968).
• The film also stars Paul McCartney who last appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazars Revenge (2017).
• John Lennon and Paul McCartney have starred in 6 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016), The Beatles: Yellow Submarine (1968), George Harrison: Living In the Material World (2011), Help! (1965), Lennon Naked (2010) and A Hard Days Night (1964).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box Office Prediction: Number 10

Marry Me

• The movie is directed by Kat Coiro, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Kat Coiro also directed A Case of You in 2013.
• It stars Jennifer Lopez who also starred in Money Train (1996).
• The film also stars Owen Wilson who last appeared in The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021).
• They also appeared together in Anaconda (1997).
• Box Office Prediction: Number 6

Death On the Nile

• The movie is directed by Kenneth Branagh, it is the directors 21st movie.
• Kenneth Branagh also directed Henry V in 1989 which grossed £650.2K in the UK and grossed $10.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars Kenneth Branagh who also starred in Othello (1995).
• The film also stars Gal Gadot who last appeared in Red Notice (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box Office Prediction: Number 3

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 2 new movies released

• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday, 18th February
• Dog, Friday, 18th February

This weekend with the release of the highly anticipated Ridley Scott film Alien: Covenant we were always going to see a new film at the top, and Guardians gets push off by the Alien movie.

Despite the mediocre reviews the films launch has it enter the top with a weekend gross of &5.1 million, compared to its predecessor Prometheus this is a million lower.

Falling from the top is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 after a couple of weeks at the top, a £3,2 million weekend brings the films total to £33 million after 3 weeks of play.

Studios were a bit nervous to release new films against the Alien movie but Miss Sloan starring hot property Jessica Chastain entered the chart at 8 with just over £190,000.

Also new was the Cinema event feature Der Rosenkavalier: Met Opera 2017 which took a little over £313,000 and is at 6.

Beaty and The Beast is the longest running film on the box office with 9 weeks of release and has taken an amazing £71 million, its the 8th top grossing film ever in the UK.

Historical Charts

A year ago - Captain America Civil War remained at the top for a third week despite heavy competition from The Angry Birds Movie which entered at number 2.

Five years ago - Making it three weeks at the top was Avengers Assemble while Dark Shadows entered highest at number 3.

Ten years ago - Spider-Man 3 stayed at the top for a second weekend while 28 Weeks Later entered highest at number 2.

Fifteen years ago - About a Boy was the top film of the week for a third time while Dog Soldiers was the top new film at 3.

Twenty years ago - Staying at the top was Liar Liar while the top new film was at number 4 int the shape of Anaconda.

Twenty five years ago - Basic Instinct entered the chart at the top under a blanket of controversy while The Hand That Rocks The Cradle fell to number 2 on its 4th week of release.